👋 Welcome to GLAMorous AI

Technology is changing how we care for, share, and shape cultural heritage. AI is already part of how we catalogue collections, transcribe records, recommend content, restore artefacts, and interact with visitors. But it also raises deeper questions about ethics, authority, access, and care.

GLAMorous AI (GLAM = Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) is a short, occasional digest for those working in culture, technology, and heritage. It brings you clear, critical, and accessible updates on:

🔍 Tools and projects using AI in creative, critical, or useful ways
📚 Reflections on data, digitisation, and preservation
🧠 Ethical provocations about memory, automation, and trust
🛠️ Practical resources for GLAM professionals
❓ One big question to take back to your team

Whether you work with metadata, exhibitions, public engagement, or digitisation pipelines, this blog is for people making heritage work in a digital world.

🧠 Topics we cover

You don’t need to be an AI expert — just curious about where we’re headed. Topics include:

• Generative AI: from synthetic images to auto-generated descriptions

• Machine learning in collections research, transcription, and conservation

• Bias, transparency, and decision-making in cultural data

• FAIR data, open access, and what “reusable” really means

• Tools for accessibility, translation, storytelling and discovery

If you’ve ever wondered what it means to make a collection more accessible… or what role machine learning plays in preserving history… this one’s for you.

📖 This month’s featured read

Machine Learning for Librarians and Archivists
The Carpentries just published a brilliant resource for GLAM professionals learning how to work with machine learning — designed for non-coders and rich in ethical and practical insight.

👉 Read it here

🛠️ Tool: ArchAIDE

➡️ ArchAIDE uses image recognition to help archaeologists identify pottery fragments during excavations. It shows how AI can support, not replace, expertise in the field.

❓ Question of the issue

As more collections go digital and are made searchable with AI...
How do we make sure those systems are transparent, respectful, and useful to all?

💬 About Me

Hi! I’m Alfie – a researcher, writer, and archaeologist working on the digital side of heritage. I’m especially interested in the ethics of AI, open and reusable data, and what happens when modern tech meets ancient stories.

I started GLAMorous AI as a space to explore this without jargon, hype, or 100-page reports. Just thoughtful, practical insights — one post at a time.

✉️ Stay Curious

If this sounds like your thing, I’d love for you to share it or get in touch with a project or idea.
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